 The
Traveller by John Twelve Hawks
Booklore was lucky enough to receive a finished copy
of The
Traveller by John Twelve Hawks from Bantam Press
just after publication. In the shadows of our modern
society, an ancient conflict between good and evil is
being fought. A life-and-death battle we will never
see, between those who wish to control history and those
who will risk their lives for freedom and enlightenment…
more»»
Nigel
30th December 2005 [8/10] |
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Alex has kindly sent in a review for The
Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. Eddie
is trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at
a seaside amusement park. As the park has changed over
the years so, too, has Eddie, from optimistic youth
to embittered old age. Then Eddie dies in a tragic accident,
trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He
awakens in the afterlife, where your earthly life is
explained to you by five people who were in it...
more»»
Alex
30th December 2005
[7/10] |
  Moab
Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
Nadine has sent in a review for Stephen Fry's Autobiography,
Moab
Is My Washpot. With a score of 10/10 this has become
our latest Star
book. Most people are familiar with Stephen's
talents as a writer and actor. What few people know
is the private Fry, the man behind the public face.
His autobiography is incredibly frank - and frankly
incredible... more»»
Nadine
30th December 2005 [10/10] |
Malicious Intent by Kathryn Fox
Chrissi has done a review for Malicious
Intent by Kathryn Fox sent
to Booklore by the publisher. Dr Anya Crichton, a pathologist
and forensic physician, finds that work is sparse for
the only female freelancer in the field. Between paying
child support, a mortgage and struggling to get her
business off the ground, Anya can't yet afford to fight
her ex-husband for custody of their three-year-old son,
Ben. When Anya is asked to look into the seemingly innocent
suicide of a teenager, Anya notices similarities between
the girl's death and several other cases she is working...
more»»
Chrissi
30th December 2005 [8/10] |
 Sky
Bounce by Deanna Miller
Deanna Miller's charming Sky
Bounce, a fantasy romance for young adults, has
been reviewed by Paul. Hesper the Alula and her secret
friend Tristan the Boytaur are forced to part sadly
when Hesper is sent to the human plane. A year later,
as Hesper leads the life of a high school girl with
no memory of her previous life, she meets a strangely
familiar boy... more»»
Paul
Lappen 30th December 2005
[8/10] |
 Offspring
of Paradise by Safi Abdi
Molly has sent in a review for Offspring
of Paradise by Safi Abdi. The military junta that
has ruled the land of Somalia with an iron fist since
October 21, 1969, has at last succumbed to the evils
of its own making. Its policy of divide and rule has
eroded the very fabric of society, and pit brother against
brother. It is 1991 and the regime's last stronghold
in the south is for the first time feeling what its
sister cities in the north had suffered earlier, death
and destruction... more»»
Molly
Martin 30th December 2005
[8/10] |
Scrapbook Styles: Celebrate Your Stories by Anita Louise
Crane and Caroll Louise Shreeve
Carolyn has kindly sent in a review for Scrapbook
Styles: Celebrate Your Stories by Anita Louise Crane
and Caroll Louise Shreeve. All scrapbookers want to
tell a story. They want to tell about the baby. Or they
want to remember how Grandma and Grandpa met. Or maybe
they love telling how Daddy fell out of the tree when
he was rescuing Fluffy. Celebrate Your Stories
shows family historians at every level how to capture
the who, what, when, where, and why of both everyday
and special occasions and turn them into beautiful scrapbook
pages...
more»»
Carolyn
Howard-Johnson 30th December
2005 [9/10] |
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Chrissi has done a review for Angels
and Demons by Dan Brown. When a world renowned scientist
is found brutally murdered, a Harvard professor, Robert
Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol
seared onto the dead man's chest. His conclusion: it
is the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood
presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years - now
reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their
sworn enemy, the Catholic church... more»»
Chrissi
20th November 2005 [8/10] |
 Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin
Booklore was lucky enough to receive a proof copy of
this fantastic story from the publisher Bloomsbury.
Gabrielle Zevin's Elsewhere
tells the story of Liz who has just died in a hit-and-run
accident and is about to embark on the adventure of
her life. How do you describe Elsewhere? A novel so
astoundingly original and carefully crafted that its
complexities become common place and the common place
resounds with poetry... more»»
Nigel
31st October 2005 [9/10] |
 Eve
by Aurelio O'Brien
Paul has sent in a review for Eve
by Aurelio O'Brien. The time is the fourth millennium.
The storyteller is a robot, Pentser, a lone relic of
times lost, a museum piece of electronic memorabilia,
an automated antiquarian of long forgotten information
and, in his own humble opinion, mankind's most perfect
creation. The premise is simple: what if you created
your perfect mate?... more»»
Paul
Lappen 31st October 2005
[8/10] |
Snow White and the Seven Samurai by Tom Holt
Helen has kindly sent in a review for Snow
White and the Seven Samurai by Tom Holt. Once upon
a time (or last Thursday as it's known in this matrix)
everything was fine: Humpty Dumpty sat on his wall,
Jack and Jill went about their lawful business, the
Big Bad Wolf did what big bad wolves do, and the wicked
queen plotted murder most foul. But the human hackers
cried havoc, shut down the wicked queen's system (Mirrors
3.1) and corrupted her database - and suddenly everything
was not fine at all...
more»»
Helen 7th
September 2005
[8/10] |
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J K Rowling
Chrissi has done a review for the book that really needs
no introduction; Harry
Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J K Rowling.
It is the middle of the summer, but there is
an unseasonal mist pressing against the windowpanes.
Harry Potter is waiting nervously in his bedroom at
the Dursley's house in Privet Drive for a visit from
Professor Dumbledore himself. One of the last times
he saw the Headmaster was in a fierce one-to-one duel
with Lord Voldemort, and Harry can't quite believe that
Professor Dumbledore will actually appear at the dursley's
of all places. Why is the Professor coming to visit
him now? What is it that cannot wait until Harry returns
to Hogwarts in a few weeks time? Harry's sixth year
at Hogwarts has already got off to an unusal start,
as the worlds of muggle and magic start to intertwine...
more»»
Chrissi
7th August 2005 [8/10] |
Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
Alex has kindly sent in a review for Peyton
Place and Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious.
Two best-selling and controversial novels
appear in an omnibus edition that captures the sins
and scandals, passions and jealousies, of a small New
England town. Once denounced as "wicked" "cheap"
and "moral filth", Peyton Place sold
millions of copies worldwide...
more»»
Alex
7th August 2005
[4/10] |
When She Sleeps by Leora Krygier
Carolyn has kindly sent in a review for When
She Sleeps by Leora Krygier. Years after the fall
of Saigon, half-sisters Lucy and Mai find one another
in the world of dreams. Mai is the Amerasian child of
Aaron Freedman, a former U.S. Army surgeon and son of
Jewish refugees, and a Vietnamese linguist, Linh. Although
the surgeon had promised to leave his American wife
and daughter for Linh and her infant, in the chaos of
the American evacuation, they were left behind. Now
both the girls are teenagers...
more»»
Carolyn
Howard-Johnson 7th August
2005 [9/10] |
 Opening
Bell by Keith D. Cummings
Paul has sent in a review for Opening
Bell a near future thriller by Keith D. Cummings.
May 10, 2010 - 8:35 AM. For five minutes a cryptic message
has appeared on the trading board of the New York Stock
Exchange. A few blocks away, at the American Stock Exchange,
the same message is confounding experienced floor traders.
On ATMs throughout the United States, Americans are
being told that, "John Galt Has Arrived"...
more»»
Paul
Lappen 7th August 2005
[8/10] |
 The
Loch by Steve Alten
Molly has sent in a review for The
Loch by Steve Alten. Loch Ness holds secrets, ancient
and deadly. Does a monster inhabit its depths, or is
it just myth? Why, after thousands of reported sightings
and dozens of expeditions, is there still no hard evidence?
Marine biologist Zachery Wallace knows, but the shock
of his near-drowning as a child on Loch Ness have buried
all memories of the incident. Now, a near-death experience
suffered while on expedition in the Sargasso Sea has
caused these long-forgotten memories to re-surface.
Haunted by vivid night terrors, stricken by a sudden
fear of the water, Zach finds he can no longer function
as a scientist... more»»
Molly
Martin 7th August 2005
[8/10] |
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Kindly sent to BookLore by the publisher The
Historian by Elizabeth Kostova is a brilliant debut
novel. Late one night, exploring her father's library,
a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing
letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate
successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she
never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of
her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect
to an evil hidden in the depths of history.... more»»
Chrissi
1st July 2005 [8/10] |
 Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
Nadine has sent in a review for Catch-22
by Joseph Heller, a book that came within the Top 21
of The Big Read.
At the heart of Joseph Heller's bestselling novel, first
published in 1961, is a satirical indictment of military
madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary
man to survive it. It is the tale of the dangerously
sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy
plotting to survive... more»»
Nadine
30th June 2005 [7/10] |
 Diamond
Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
Paul has sent in a review for Diamond
Dogs, Turquoise Days Two scintillating stories from
science fiction's hottest talen Alastair Reynolds.The
title story, Diamond Dogs, tells of a group
of mercenaries trying to unravel the mystery of a particularly
inhospitable alien tower on a distant world; Turquoise
Days is about Naqi, who has devoted her life to
studying the alien Pattern Jugglers... more»»
Paul
Lappen 30th June 2005
[9/10] |
 Dare
to Dream!: 25 Extraordinary Lives by Sandra McLeod Humphrey
Molly has sent in a review for Dare
to Dream!: 25 Extraordinary Lives by Sandra McLeod
Humphrey. Magical heroes like Harry Potter, Spiderman,
or Catwoman provide plenty of entertainment for kids,
but in real life heroes are made of sterner stuff than
celluloid fantasies. In this inspiring collection of
biographies - covering historical figures such as Abraham
Lincoln and Helen Keller as well as contemporary figures
such as Toni Morrison and Michael Jordan - critically
acclaimed writer and psychologist Sandra McLeod Humphrey
teaches young people that heroes were once ordinary
people whose strength of character helped them to achieve
extraordinary things... more»»
Molly
Martin 7th June 2005
[8/10] |
 50
Facts That Should Change the World by Jessica Williams
Paul has sent in a review for 50
Facts That Should Change the World by Jessica Williams.
Fact: America spends $10 billion on pornography every
year – the same amount it spends on foreign aid.
This book paints a picture of shocking contrasts. Hunger,
poverty and all kinds of material and emotional deprivation,
human rights abuses, unimaginable wealth, the decline
of religion and the unstoppable rise of consumerism,
mental illness, the drugs trade, corruption, gun culture,
the abuse of our environment... more»»
Paul
Lappen 31st May 2005
[9/10] |
 90
Day Wonder: Darkness Remembered by Leon Cooper and Don
Tait
Molly has sent in a review for the non-fiction 90
Day Wonder: Darkness Remembered by Leon Cooper and
Don Tait. Leon Cooper was a young US Navy officer who
spent three years in the Pacific during WWII. He was
prepared to do his duty in the defence of his country,
but his stand-up nature brought him into conflict with
Captain Boda, the commanding officer of the ship on
which he served. Captain Boda was an enlisted man of
many years of service who received a “Battlefield”
commission. Boda bore a deep resentment toward “gentlemen”
officers like Cooper who were commissioned after only
90 days' training. Boda's sociopathic behaviour, including
his reckless commands resulted in the deaths of a number
of Cooper's shipmates... more»»
Molly
Martin 31st May 2005
[8/10] |
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Our second review for The
Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, kindly
sent in by Laurel. When Henry meets his future wife
Clare for the first time, he is 28 years old and works
as a librarian in Chicago, she is 20 and an art student.
When Clare meets her future husband Henry for the first
time, she is 6, he is 36 and appears in front of her
out of thin air. Henry is a time traveller. Their
struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force
they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving
and entirely unforgettable...
more»»
Laurel 31st
May 2005 [9/10] |
 Signals
by Kevin D Randle
Paul has sent in a review for Signals
by Kevin D Randle. For years we have watched the skies
and listened for some indication that we share the Universe
with other intelligent life. Now, in the desert of New
Mexico, the monitoring devices pick up faint but unmistakable
sounds. Signals. Coming from a mere fifty light-years
away. From a source headed toward Earth. Proof, finally,
that we are not alone. But what next? Will the approaching
beings be friendly? Or otherwise... more»»
Paul
Lappen 31st May 2005
[8/10] |
September and Other Stories by Julie Ann Dawson
Hilda has kindly sent in a review for September
and Other Stories by Julie Ann Dawson. Three sisters
unlock an ancient evil buried in the tomb of a forgotten
pharaoh. An alien horror manifests in the attic. A writer
makes a deal with a devil over lunch. A daughter avenges
her parents' deaths in a surprising fashion. Enjoy a
good night of horror with the novella September, as
well as 15 other short stories and poems...
more»»
Hilda A. Bain
31st May 2005
[8/10] |
 Life
of Pi by Yann Martel
Our second review for Life
of Pi by Yann Martel has been sent in by Nadine.
This is the story of a young Indian boy named Pi, the
deeply spiritual son of a zoo-keeper. He and his family
embark on a voyage to Canada where they intend to settle,
taking many of their animals with them to sell to American
zoos. Disaster strikes and the ship sinks, leaving Pi
drifting in a lifeboat on the Pacific Ocean, his only
companion a fully-grown Bengal tiger... more»»
Nadine
16th May 2005 [8/10] |
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Alex has kindly sent in a review for The
Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. This
extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and
Henry who have known each other since Clare was six
and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare
was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true,
because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with
Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic
clock resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into
his past or future. Another review for this book next
time from Laurel...
more»»
Alex
16th May 2005
[9/10] |
 Melanie
in Manhattan by Carol Weston
Molly has sent in a review for the children's book Melanie
in Manhattan by Carol Weston. For once, Mel is spending
her vacation on her home turf - Manhattan! But she's
not alone. Miguel, the cute boy she met in Spain, is
visiting New York, and this time Mel gets to be his
tour guide. From the Empire State Building to the Statue
of Liberty, from the Central Park Zoo to the Brooklyn
Bridge, Mel and Miguel are off on their own adventures...
more»»
Molly
Martin 16th May 2005
[9/10] |
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Crystal has sent in a review for Stardust
by Neil Gaiman. In the sleepy English countryside at
the dawn of the Victorian era, life moves at a leisurely
pace in the tiny town of Wall. Young Tristan Thorn has
lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester, but
Victoria is cold and distant as the star she and Tristan
see fall from the sky one evening. For the prize of
Victoria's hand, Tristan vows to retrieve the star for
his beloved. It is an oath that sends the lovelorn swain
over the town's ancient wall and into a world that is
dangerous and strange beyond imagining... more»»
Crystal
25th March 2005 [9/10] |
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Nadine has sent in a review for To
Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. Ned Henry
is badly in need of a rest. He's been shuttling between
the 21st century and the 1940s searching for a Victorian
atrocity called the bishop's bird stump. It's part of
a project to restore the famed Coventry Cathedral, destroyed
in a Nazi air raid over a hundred years earlier....
more»»
Nadine
25th March 2005 [8/10] |
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Laurel has kindly sent in a review for Life
of Pi by Yann Martel, a tale of disaster at sea.
The only survivor from the wreck of a cargo ship on
the Pacific, 16 year old Pi spends 221 days on a lifeboat
with a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female
orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger called
Richard Parker. Another review for this book next time
from Nadine... more»»
Laurel 25th
March 2005 [9/10] |
 Operation:
Pleiades - Relics by Vijaya Schartz
Vijaya Schartz has kindly sent a copy of her book, Operation:
Pleiades - Relics, to BookLore for review. When
archaeologist Celene Dupres is called to an alien ship
crash site and witnesses her father's massacre, little
does she know that inside her DNA sleeps a trigger implanted
by aliens when she was abducted as a child. Determined
to avenge her father's murder and retrieve his alien
relics, Celene meets the dangerously handsome Kin Raidon
who offers to help, and leads her into a world of international
intrigue. But Kin is much more than he appears... more»»
Nigel
25th March 2005 [7/10] |
Greed by Chris Ryan
Crystal has sent in a review for Greed
by Chris Ryan. Five Men. One Robbery. A deadly
game of greed, revenge and betrayal is about to begin.
Fresh out of the SAS, Matt Browning is down on his luck.
He owes £500,000. If he doesn't get the money
soon, he dies. From nowhere, he is offered a lifeline.
A hit on al-Queda, sanctioned and helped by MI5. Matt
gathers a small team of former SAS men to steal $10
million in gold and diamonds from the world's most deadly
terrorist organisation. MI5 will give them all the equipment
and information they need. No charges will ever be pressed.
Matt thinks it's the perfect crime. Safe, quick, and
patriotic... more»»
Crystal
20th February 2005 [8/10] |
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Nadine has sent in a review for The
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. The Republic
of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed.
If she deviates she will, like all dissenters, be hanged
or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But
even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither
Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future
hangs... more»»
Nadine
31st January 2005 [7/10] |
|
 Andrew
Lost Under Water by J C Greenburg
Molly has sent in a review for the children's book Andrew
Lost Under Water by J. C. Greenburg. After getting
unshrunk, Andrew, Judy, and Thudd take a much needed
vacation to Hawaii. While making modifications to Uncle
Al's latest invention – the submarine-like Water
Bug – Andrew ends up stranding himself, Judy,
and Thudd underwater... more»»
Molly
Martin 31st January 2005
[9/10] |
You Are What You Eat by Gillian McKeith
Nadine has sent in a review for You
Are What You Eat by Gillian McKeith. In the primetime
Channel 4 television series Dr Gillian McKeith works
closely with eight ordinary people - dubbed Britain's
Worst Eaters - to give them a diet makeover. As they
get on the path to health their bodies and their lives
turn around in amazing ways... more»»
Nadine
31st January 2005 [2/10] |
 A
View From Beyond The Path by Daniel S Kellogg
Molly has sent in a review for A
View From Beyond The Path by Daniel S Kellogg. It's
during a dinner date with his girlfriend, Alex, that
Jerod is wrenched from his comfortable existence in
Boulder, Colorado. A voice from the past compels him
to revisit the lives which he had bid farewell twenty-five
years earlier. Ruth Van Buren had pulled him through
his adolescence in Chicago, with a lust for life and
adventure that often led them to the brink of disaster
and back again... more»»
Molly
Martin 31st January 2005
[8/10] |
|
 
 The
‘Happy New Year' update
 
Only just made it for the end of the year having missed
Christmas, so a belated Merry Christmas and a just in
time Happy New Year. Many thanks to our reviewers for
all their hard work over the last year and a special thanks
to Michael for his continuing witty and original contributions
to the site, which so many visitors enjoy... and finally
thank you to all the book lovers out there who have supported
the site, not least by buying recommended books through
Amazon. Wherever you are have a fantastic time and as
a very funny man often said 'May your God go with you'.
Admin
30th December 2005 |
McGan's
Meditations
Michael McGan, the author of Fleeting
Thoughts and The
Hamster Never Sleeps, touches on the controversial
issues of religion and sex... always a winner to boost
circulation figures, or in our case visitors clicks. Make
no mistake we will take them all, outraged, happy, agreeable
and even slightly weird dressers… we may however
draw the line at presidential, some people just don't
get it... When
I was a child I went to a Catholic grade school and
was taught by nuns. I have nothing but fond memories
of those formative years with the exception of some
major apocalyptic nightmares and some minor welts and
contusions. But all that's behind me now and the sight
of a pointer no longer produces violent flinching, but
has mellowed over the years to subtle facial ticks.
I
remember that the best part of the day was when you
could go down to the tiny library and take out books.
They also had a collection of National Geographic magazines.
This was the closest thing to Playboy that an eleven
year old boy could get his hands on.
Granted,
the tribal women in the pictures might have had curiously
long necks, plates in their lips or bones through their
noses... but they were topless! No wonder so many young
men were joining the Peace Corps.
Sex education back then didn't come from the nuns or
your parents, it came from older boys. I remember one
of the more worldly teenagers had given one of my classmates
a deck of playing cards which quickly made the rounds.
These cards contained graphic pictures of completely
naked women. It was as if the mysteries of the universe
were unfolding. In a sense, we were moving up several
grades from National Geographic, advancing our education.
Learning is a wonderful thing.
Of course because of our religious schooling, and the
fact that some of us were altar boys, we would be wracked
with guilt from looking at that smouldering deck of
cards. So eventually, in a darkened cubicle, it was
all reluctantly confessed to a priest.
"Father,
I looked at dirty pictures of women."
"I see. And how many times did you look at these
pictures?"
"Well, there were fifty-two of them... and some
I had to look at twice."
"Sweet Jesus in Heaven."
Head hung low, you would walk out of the confessional
and up to the altar, kneel down and start your penance.
You didn't want to be up there for a long time or people
would talk about you. That kid has been up there since
I walked into the church and got in line. He must be
really bad. So you would make it quick at the altar.
You could always say your hefty sentence of prayers
later. Besides, some of these people had daughters.
They wouldn't want their daughters hanging around with
a boy who spent a lot of time on the wrong side of the
altar. Even if he did talk of his dreams to join the
Peace Corps.
...Nuns,
there is a two headed animal if ever there was one :)
Michael
McGan 7th September 2005 |
The
'Holiday Season' update
To make up for the poor offerings in July, due mainly
to Holidays, the first update in August is a little better.
Topping the reviews is Harry
Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the much awaited
sixth book in J K Rowling's massively selling series…
as if you needed telling. To go with this we have a further
four reviews including one from new BookLore Reviewer
Carolyn
Howard-Johnson. We also have a new article on Reviewing
for BookLore. To finish off we have updated the Publication
Dates page with forthcoming titles for October as
well as the latest Top
Ten… enjoy.
Admin 7th August 2005 |
The
'Quick' update
A quick update to catch the end of the month with reviews
for two excellent works. We have also added new release
information for September on the Publication
Dates.
Admin 30th June 2005 |
McGan's
Meditations
Michael McGan, the author of Fleeting
Thoughts and The
Hamster Never Sleeps, shows our ever loyal visitors
simple methods to attract members of another species in
his latest meditation... Watch
Me Pull a Rabbit:
Magic
shows still interest many people. The whole thing with
magicians is stupid if you ask me. They spend all this
time making things disappear - people, tigers, bridges...
if they could really perform magic they should be doing
just the opposite, making stuff appear.
They
take their beautiful and sexy female assistant, make
her disappear, and then bring her back. What is the
thrill in that? Why not bring her back with a twin!
Now you've got two beautiful and sexy women. That would
make more sense to me. If I was a single guy and a magician,
that's what I'd be doing. Poof! More women. That would
impress my friends!
Sometimes a magician will be holding something in his
hand and he drapes a handkerchief over it, says the
magic words, and pulls the handkerchief away to reveal
that the object has disappeared. Why doesn't his hand
disappear? It's under the same handkerchief. He pulls
the handkerchief away and there is just this stump there...
people would be screaming, passing out, throwing up...
it doesn't make any sense to me. The whole thing is
stupid.
Magicians
are always pulling coins from behind people's ears.
I'd tell him to keep doing it for the whole day and
I'd split the payout with him. And while we're talking
about the human body as a cash machine, is there another
orifice besides the ear that produces legal tender?
How about bills, in large denominations? Let's not go
there, you say. You're right. Besides, that money would
have to be laundered.
And,
what's with all the rhyming words, like abra-ca-dabra,
and hocus-pocus? How about phoney-baloney? And, while
I'm on the subject, (poof!)...
Hey,
I was just kidding guys. Bring me back now. Pretty please?
Ahhh,
didn't mean that at all... sorry if you were looking for
advice on animal attraction.
Michael
McGan 7th June 2005 |
The
‘Sneaky' update
A
very quick update to catch the end of the Month. We have
added several new reviews to keep you going as well as
the latest Top
Ten. The News
Archives have had a slight makeover with a fantastic
new Index… and finally we have added a useful link
from the BookLore Logo at the top left. If you ever get
lost you can now always get back to the Main Page... now
why hasn't any other site thought of that before :) ...and
remember, you can still use the wonderful Home button
as well.
Admin 31st May 2005 |
The
‘Return of the Archives' update
Our
ISP has finally seen the light and ‘due to the increase
of broadband customers wanting to upload large files to
their websites we realised 20MB just didn't cut it'...
hmmmm. So, now having the almost limitless vastness of
100MB, the Archives
have returned in all their space wasting and pointless
glory. Molly
Martin has kindly sent in her Interview with author
Carol
Weston and to try and keep everyone up-to-date we
have also added even more Publication
Dates for forthcoming novels as well as the latest
Top Ten.
Admin
16th May 2005 |
'The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly' update
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Da Vinci Code
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Admin 31st January 2005 |
 McGan's
Easter Meditation
Michael McGan, the author of Fleeting
Thoughts and The
Hamster Never Sleeps, reflects on the hidden meaning
of Easter...
Is
the Easter Bunny the devil in disguise? Well before
you scoff and pass it off as another ridiculous postulation
by yours truly, think about it. The devil has two horns
that stick up. The bunny has two ears that stick up!
The devil has a tail. The bunny has a tail! Need I say
more? I'm sensing that you're not buying into this.
Let me ask you a question; are there ever any confectionery
versions of religious icons in those Easter baskets?
No there are not. Just chocolate bunnies, marshmallow
peeps, and jelly beans. It could be said that they are
collectively the axis- of-evil candies who must be stopped.
Perhaps heavy sanctions against their manufacturers
are in order. If that doesn't work we're gonna be forced
to go in. That's all there is to it.
I ask you to observe, on Easter Sunday when parents
bring their small children to church what goes on. Children
smartly dressed in white shirts and slacks, sport jackets,
pretty dresses with matching bonnets and shiny new shoes,
will be all you need to see to know what I'm talking
about. These children will be so hyped up that their
violent thrashing, screaming, uncontrollable outbursts,
head spinning, and vomiting will cause the priest to
wonder if he should postpone mass and just perform a
MASS EXORCISM. After the service, when the children
are off searching for Easter-eggs, ask yourself this
- what does any of this madness have to do with the
resurrection of Christ? Then again, we came through
it to become relatively well adjusted, church-going
individuals with no lasting ill effect, didn't we? But
I sure do like those little pink and yellow peeps, with
all that gooey marshmallow and that sugary coating.
I'm so weak. Pray for me my brothers and sisters, that
I can resist the temptations that may come in the days
ahead. Happy Easter...
One
more for good luck :)
Happy Easter one and all...
Michael
McGan 25th March 2005 |
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